Syllabus
Min Youna
Department of Software
Gachon University
Robot Programming
Content
1. General information
2. Course overview
3. Lecture plan
4. Lab activity
5. Term project
6. Grading
Course Overview
• Course goal
• Understand fundamentals and related theories of embedded
programming
• Understand basic usages of software tools
• Understand how to develop applications using various sensors and
actuators
• Notes
• Use Arduino Uno & LEGO Mindstorms
• Strong focus to lab activities and term projects
Lego Mindstorms EV3
Arduino-Controlled Lego Mindstorm Hand
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Course Overview
• Textbook
• No specific textbook – lecture material will be provided
• Tools
• Arduino IDE (free license)
• RobotC (software and in-class license will be provided)
• Plan for each week
• 1 hour presentation – covering theories
• 3 hour exercise – lab activities
Lecture Plan
• Part 1: Arduino
• (Mid-term)
• Part 2: Lego Mindstorm
• (Final Exam)
• Theories
• History, architecture, and fundamental theories
• Robotics and Microcomputer
• Lab activities
• Arduino
• Basic programming
• Various digital components (sensors/actuators) in Arduino
• RobotC using Mindstorm
• Basic programming
• Various sensors in RobotC
• Precise motor control using RobotC
Input을 주는게 센서, Actuator는 출력해주는거.
Actuator는 그래서 speaker, led 등등
Lab Activities
• Per each lecture
• 2~3 problems (within lecture)
• Note that solving some problems will be time-limited so that it’s
score will be applied for your total grade.
• Example
• Develop a traffic light using LEDs in Arduino
• Evaluation based on your accomplishment
• Develop a robot as follows:
• Start from entrance of maze
• Find exit of maze
• Back-trace through optimal path
• Evaluation
• Find exit (10 points) + back-trace (10 points) + time (10 points)
Term Project
• Develop
any
smart things implementing
novel
ideas
using the Arduino
• Schedule
• Week 01--02 : team member selection (2~3 persons)
• Week 03--05 : topic selection
• Week 06 : prototype design
• Week 07 : plan presentation
• Week 08--09 : implementation
• Week 10--11 : implementation
• Week 12--14 : improvement
• Week 15 : final presentation & demo
※ For various open projects using Arduino, you can take a look at
https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub
※ Visit the website and get some hints for your term project.
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Grading Policy
• Total 1000 points
• Attendance (100 points)
• Quiz + Lab (200 points)
• Mid-term exam (250 points)
• Final exam (250 points)
• Term-project (200 points)
Question?
Appendix
Example of Arduino Projects
• The system monitors temperature and humidity of the place, and soil
moisture of the ground, waters the plant remotely, then saves all data to
DynamoDB through AWS IoT. Collected data is visualized by different charts
and figures to give better understanding of conditions where the plant
thrives.
https://youtu.be/-1FG58kGLxQ
Example of Lego Mindstorms projects
• Multi-Bot Ball Shooter Arm
Interesting ball shooter arm application with a combination
between a multitude of sensor, actuators, tracks, and Lego
pieces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14K8dJAYTnA
https://www.intorobotics.com/best-of-lego-nxt-robotic-projects-over-time/
